Norwood kids dye Easter eggs at Civic Center

Friday

Apr 25, 2014 at 9:00 AM

By Brad Colebcole@wickedlocal.com

When it was all said and done, Norwood children dyed and decorated 156 Easter eggs."It probably took me two hours for me to (hard-boil) half of them, while Marie Kidd did the other half. It took awhile," organizer Jen Gregory said. "I was worried about transporting them. If I dropped the bag, it was all over."She didnít drop the bag, and the 13 dozen eggs made it to the civic center in tact for the second annual Egg-Cellent Egg Dyeing event on Thursday, April 17. Kidd said their effort was well worth it, because the children had a blast."I was excited. I liked dyeing the eggs, because itís fun," 8-year-old Jillian Bachand said. "It was fun because I like Easter. The Easter Bunny gives you treats and you get to gobble them all up."Thursday wasnít about chocolate and candy; it was about decorating eggs. Kids got in touch with their creative side, dyeing the eggs all sorts of colors and drawing polka dots, stripes and other unique patterns on their colorful creations."I did the eggs blue, red and pink," 2-year-old Audrey Egbert said. "Iím going to make polka dots on the eggs."The only downside for Audrey was the mess. While she successfully colored her six eggs, she also caused a little spill."I got messy hands," she said.Older children got a bit more creative with the eggs. Malasja Douthit, 10, who attended the event with her brother Dmeir, said it was fun to artistically express herself."I liked how you got to dye your own eggs and create something no one has seen before," she said.For others, egg dyeing was just a way to get them excited about the Easter Bunnyís inevitable visit on Sunday. Some kids said theyíd leave their eggs out for the Easter Bunny to see, in hopes it will earn them more goodies in their Easter baskets."This gets you really excited for Easter. I know Iím going to get a lots of candy," 9-year-old Dylan Hamwey said.Lilli Fortier, 8, added, "I like Easter because when I get downstairs in the morning, there is always candy and toys."Though only 13 children signed up for the event, 13 dozen eggs were brought, allowing for 26 children to participate, as each kid was given six eggs to decorate. Bringing extras proved to be wise: there were no eggs left at the end of the event."It was really cute. We had a good turnout and not too much mess," Kidd said. "It was worth the effort."Gregory said she hopes to continue the event next year. Based on the success of this and other decorating events, like pumpkin decorating in October and gingerbread house decorating in December, she expects it will be an annual tradition at the civic.Staff writer Brad Cole can be reached at 781-433-8339 or bcole@wickedlocal.com. Like The Norwood Transcript and Bulletin on Facebook and follow @bradcolewrites and @NorwoodTranscri on Twitter.